Australian Marathon National Championships 2009: Results

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On the elite men's start line, L to R, Adrian Jackson, James Williamson, Ben Mather, Shaun Lewis, Jason English(Image credit: Russell Baker)

Promising his fiancée that he needed to win the national mountain bike title this weekend before they could marry proved the incentive needed for the eventual winner, Murray Spink. The 30-year-old Melbourne rider rode his heart out to win the tough 105km marathon race in Bendigo. Afterward, he confirmed his wedding date, in two weeks with fiancée Sarah Riley. It was only in the final metres that Spink outsprinted two riders to the line to win in four hours and 30 minutes.

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The men's race saw an early lead group of 12 riders form and by the 80km mark, only four had been dropped. At the last aid station, a split appeared in the leading bunch with only three remaining in the lead, thereby setting up an exciting final sprint. Spink has won all previous events at this location, but said that this win, his first national title, could also be attributed to his focus on training in any weather, course knowledge and his dual suspension bike.

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Open men (105km)
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Murray Spink (Aus)	4:30:01
2	Jason English (Aus)	0:00:03
3	Neil Van Der Ploeg (Aus)	0:00:04
4	Ben Mather (Aus)	0:00:29
5	Nick Menager (Aus)	0:00:30
6	Shaun Lewis (Aus)	0:01:10
7	Matthew Fleming (Aus)	0:01:12
8	Paul Van der Ploeg (Aus)	0:01:33
9	Hamish Elliot (Aus)	0:02:19
10	Troy Glennan (Aus)	0:06:08
11	Nick Both (Aus)	0:06:57
12	Luke Fetch (Aus)	0:07:40
13	Joel Ryan (Aus)	0:07:59
14	James Williamson (Aus)	0:09:11
15	Adrian Jackson (Aus)	0:12:35
16	Phil Orr (Aus)	0:16:49
17	Scott Liston (Aus)	0:22:25
18	Jarrod Moroni (Aus)	0:24:19
19	Rohin Adams (Aus)	0:25:14
20	Matt Ligtermoet (Aus)	0:31:09
21	Dean Jones (Aus)	0:32:06
22	John Darcey (Aus)	0:33:55
23	Troy Bailey (Aus)	0:37:44
24	Russell Collett (Aus)	0:38:16
25	Justin Wornes (Aus)	0:40:35
26	Carson Tully (Aus)	0:40:45
27	Brian John (Aus)	0:42:34
28	Paul Randell (Aus)	0:42:44
29	Andras Nagy (Aus)	0:43:12
30	Mark Tupalski (Aus)	0:47:07
31	Mark Fenner (Aus)	0:47:08
32	Andrew Mock (Aus)	0:47:21
33	Craig Borham (Aus)	0:51:25
34	Sean Hurley (Aus)	0:52:45
35	Jason Quigley (Aus)	0:56:13
36	Tim Jamieson (Aus)	0:56:29
37	Christopher Tassell (Aus)	0:56:54
38	Robert Meharry (Aus)	0:57:29
39	Tim McColl (Aus)	0:58:52
40	Liam McCrory (Aus)	1:01:41
41	Mark McInnes (Aus)	1:04:27
42	Craig Woolard (Aus)	1:06:19
43	Christian Caceres (Aus)	1:06:22
44	Roger Cull (Aus)	1:06:44
45	Chris Fryer (Aus)	1:07:38
46	Lloyd Neilson (Aus)	1:07:55
47	Dean Cowling (Aus)	1:11:12
48	Damien McGoldrick (Aus)	1:11:22
49	Grant Lebbink (Aus)	1:11:54
50	Scott Welch (Aus)	1:12:16
51	Jeffrey Williams (NZl)	1:12:53
52	Warren Faneco (Aus)	1:14:24
53	Mark Simpson (Aus)	1:15:22
54	Leigh Barratt (Aus)	1:17:19
55	Peter Winfield (Aus)	1:19:44
56	Matthew Griggs (Aus)	1:20:04
57	Craig Fromhold (Aus)	1:20:43
58	Brett Kellett (Aus)	1:21:21
59	Ronan Magaharan (Aus)	Row 58 - Cell 2
60	Matthew McGill (Aus)	1:22:15
61	Beven Kerr (Aus)	1:23:50
62	Bryan Maris (Aus)	1:23:53
63	Niels-Henrick Laugesen (Aus)	1:24:58
64	Andrew McCallum (Aus)	1:28:07
65	Gareth Syme (Aus)	Row 64 - Cell 2
66	Brian Cameron (Aus)	1:29:55
67	Dean Thomas (Aus)	1:30:05
68	Craig Cummings (Aus)	1:30:06
69	Ollie Klein (Aus)	1:30:09
70	Casper Murtonen (Aus)	1:30:46
71	Stewart McKenzie (Aus)	1:32:24
72	Tim Rowe (Aus)	1:33:44
73	Stuart Bajema (Aus)	1:36:14
74	Bryce Young (Aus)	1:38:52
75	Anthony Caffry (Aus)	1:41:19
76	Mark Hester (Aus)	1:41:48
77	John Tassell (Aus)	1:42:05
78	Tony Clark (Aus)	1:43:06
79	Andrew Gogos (Aus)	1:46:53
80	Kerry Ryan (Aus)	1:47:56
81	Geoff Kelly (Aus)	1:48:06
82	Chris Edwards (Aus)	1:49:02
83	Alistair Gribble (Aus)	1:51:56
84	Tim Neal (Aus)	1:52:35
85	Brett Henderson (Aus)	1:53:29
86	John Anderson (Aus)	1:56:01
87	Craig Baylis (Aus)	1:56:39
88	Tony French (Aus)	1:56:40
89	Peter McWaters (Aus)	2:02:35
90	Walter Lederman (Aus)	2:02:56
91	Mark Lunn (Aus)	2:03:21
92	Ashley Gale (Aus)	2:03:39
93	Alan Carpenter (Aus)	2:05:17
94	Christian Lloyd (Aus)	2:05:19
95	Steve Brindle (Aus)	2:07:22
96	Dylan Reilly (Aus)	2:09:45
97	David Kidd (Aus)	2:12:00
98	Malcolm Tirabassi (Aus)	2:17:36
99	John de Pree (Aus)	2:18:02
100	David Randabel (Aus)	2:22:39
101	Scott Lancaster (Aus)	2:24:05
102	Rohan Williams (Aus)	2:25:49
103	Gregor Blair-Smith (Aus)	2:30:16
104	Grant Rieger (Aus)	2:33:51
105	John Watts (Aus)	2:35:48
106	Matthew Scanlon (Aus)	2:41:15
107	Ranald Young (Aus)	2:41:37
108	David Samuel (Aus)	2:42:01
109	Adam Kelsall (Aus)	2:42:57
110	Stephen Goodall (Aus)	2:47:44
111	Marco Stiffler (Swi)	2:54:11
112	Stefan Wright (Aus)	2:54:12
113	Duncan Harrison (Aus)	2:56:19
114	Andrew Symons (Aus)	2:58:44
115	Michael Stanbrough (Aus)	3:00:06
116	Kim Carrigan (Aus)	3:01:35
117	Stephen Johnson (Aus)	3:04:36
118	Gavin Dunk (Aus)	3:04:48
119	Paul Ripp (Aus)	3:10:21
120	Scott Benton (Aus)	3:21:59
121	Neil Kinder (Aus)	3:37:24
122	Gary Nelson (Aus)	3:56:55
DNF	Rowan Smith (Aus)	Row 122 - Cell 2
DNF	Nathan Wilson (Aus)	Row 123 - Cell 2
DNF	Jonathan Goh (Aus)	Row 124 - Cell 2
DNF	John Groves (Aus)	Row 125 - Cell 2
DNF	Tim McGrath (Aus)	Row 126 - Cell 2
DNF	Michael Smith (Aus)	Row 127 - Cell 2
DNF	Rob Croft (Aus)	Row 128 - Cell 2
DNF	Adam Benton (Aus)	Row 129 - Cell 2
DNF	Ash Harvey (Aus)	Row 130 - Cell 2
DNS	Joshua Carlson (Aus)	Row 131 - Cell 2
DNS	James Devonshire (Aus)	Row 132 - Cell 2
DNS	James Kennedy (Aus)	Row 133 - Cell 2
DNS	Jonathan Cowan (Aus)	Row 134 - Cell 2
DNS	Raymond Hart (Aus)	Row 135 - Cell 2
DNS	Christopher Herron (Aus)	Row 136 - Cell 2
DNS	Mallachi Moxon (Aus)	Row 137 - Cell 2
DNS	Garry Lewis (Aus)	Row 138 - Cell 2
DNS	Timothy Arch (Aus)	Row 139 - Cell 2
DNS	Andrew Chisholm (Aus)	Row 140 - Cell 2
DNS	James Lamb (Aus)	Row 141 - Cell 2

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Open women (105km)
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Tory Thomas (Aus)	5:33:13
2	Peta Mullens (Aus)	0:02:00
3	Jenni King (Aus)	0:07:27
4	Rebecca Locke (Aus)	0:19:17
5	Jessica Douglas (Aus)	0:33:54
6	Meg Carrigan (Aus)	0:40:05
7	Tania Churchill (Aus)	1:18:32
8	Jo Williams (Aus)	1:27:16
9	Courtney Shinn (Aus)	1:37:34
10	Kim Whitehouse (Aus)	1:50:08
11	Carolyn Jackson (Aus)	2:08:58
12	Jane Catford (Aus)	2:40:17
DNF	Joanna Wall (Aus)	Row 12 - Cell 2
DNF	Kelly Bartlett (Aus)	Row 13 - Cell 2
DNS	Katrien Van Der Spiegel (Aus)	Row 14 - Cell 2
DNS	Trudy Nicholas (Aus)	Row 15 - Cell 2
DNS	Naomi Hansen (Aus)	Row 16 - Cell 2
DNS	Claire Stevens (Aus)	Row 17 - Cell 2

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Open men (50km)
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	James Hanus	2:00:09
2	Jim Hsu	0:05:06
3	Craig Peacock	0:07:06
4	Mikkeli Godfree	0:08:14
5	Jack Jane	0:08:58
6	Enrico Eberhart	0:09:58
7	Dyon Balding	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Brendon Darby	0:12:09
9	Josh Sek	0:12:16
10	Barry King	0:14:59
11	Thomas Power	0:15:09
12	Andrew Caithness	0:15:25
13	Sean Baker	0:15:59
14	Gerard Thompson	0:17:19
15	Daniel Vains	0:18:19
16	Nick Grosso	0:18:49
17	Jarrod Stonham	0:19:04
18	Mark Casey	0:20:16
19	Christopher Pase	0:21:50
20	Robert Gittins	0:22:20
21	Aaron Batchelor	0:22:57
22	John Carmody	0:23:55
23	Marc Bishop	0:24:05
24	John Wright	0:26:20
25	Steve Nichols	0:28:46
26	Kyle Naish	0:28:53
27	Steve Flood	0:30:15
28	Scott Grinter	0:30:24
29	Shannon Turner	0:30:47
30	Andrew Hollole	0:31:28
31	Dean McKeown	0:31:32
32	Tim Harman	0:32:36
33	Wayne Buttie	0:34:28
34	Shaun Henchley	0:34:37
35	Phillip Souter	0:34:42
36	Rowan Tatchell	0:34:45
37	Jon Ozanne	0:34:51
38	Steve McRae	0:34:53
39	Ashlin Casey	0:35:33
40	Gerben Graske-Borst	0:36:11
41	Simon Utting	0:37:59
42	Martin Jackson	0:39:28
43	Steve Sharp	0:40:03
44	Brett Bradley	0:44:02
45	Anthony Cowling	0:44:22
46	Garth Kellett	0:44:29
47	David Kennett	0:44:48
48	Jared Hartley	0:48:54
49	David Macauley	0:49:24
50	Phil Watts	0:50:24
51	Tim Moore	0:50:27
52	Richard Ovesen	0:51:08
53	Michael Tyrrell	0:53:22
54	Troy Kernaghan	0:54:19
55	Liam Barr	0:54:20
56	Colin Gleeson	0:54:24
57	Benjamin Culton	0:54:32
58	Peter Hart	0:56:54
59	Ian Wilson	1:00:36
60	Frank Gasperic	1:02:25
61	Peter Mayne	1:03:54
62	Andrew Thompson	1:04:24
63	Andrew Herron	1:05:39
64	Mark Southby	1:06:31
65	Andrew Price	1:07:17
66	Peter Guy	1:07:51
67	Nick Colwell	1:11:10
68	Joel Rockes	1:12:22
69	Simon Short	1:14:01
70	Paul Mays	1:15:46
71	Craig Harrop	1:17:52
72	Martin Savage	1:18:33
73	Steve Comber	1:25:48
74	David Kellett	1:29:14
75	Shane Branigan	1:30:32
76	Donald Cairney	1:30:53
77	Geoffrey Ashburner	1:31:27
78	Kieron Smythe	1:43:26
79	Kevin Hibbins	1:43:27
80	Nick Hoare	1:43:28
81	Geoff Pollard	1:43:29
82	Kingsley Morse-McNabb	1:46:26
DNF	Warwick McWaters	Row 82 - Cell 2
DNF	Jukka Pirkola	Row 83 - Cell 2
DNF	Andrew Mackenzie	Row 84 - Cell 2
DNF	Rod Luke	Row 85 - Cell 2
DNF	Mark Flood	Row 86 - Cell 2
DNS	Wade Carberry	Row 87 - Cell 2
DNS	Joel Proud	Row 88 - Cell 2
DNS	Gareth Baker	Row 89 - Cell 2
DNS	Jonas Andexlinger	Row 90 - Cell 2
DNS	Darren Hynd	Row 91 - Cell 2
DNS	Paul Purcell	Row 92 - Cell 2
DNS	Stefan Romiti	Row 93 - Cell 2
DNS	John Skilton	Row 94 - Cell 2
DNS	Stephen Rowley	Row 95 - Cell 2
DNS	Nathan McAvaney	Row 96 - Cell 2
DNS	Richard Day	Row 97 - Cell 2
DNS	Robert Southgate	Row 98 - Cell 2
DNS	Phill Lewis	Row 99 - Cell 2

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Open women (50km)
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Niki Fisher	2:20:52
2	Lisa Jacobs	0:01:53
3	Elizabeth Taylor	0:10:56
4	Jo King	0:11:00
5	Shelly Flood	0:11:32
6	Erica Gurner	0:14:58
7	Shelley McColl	0:16:55
8	Prita Jobling-Baker	0:17:12
9	Irene Whennen	0:21:49
10	Linda Wylie	0:27:37
11	Paula Ewing	0:38:16
12	Monica Campi	0:41:04
13	Rebecca Freeman	0:44:11
14	Delphine Cantin	0:48:23
15	Deborah Richards	0:50:21
16	Helen Newman	1:01:21
17	Lizzie Pope	1:09:58
DNF	Beth Meades	Row 17 - Cell 2
DNF	Marita Delany	Row 18 - Cell 2
DNS	Christy Harris	Row 19 - Cell 2
DNS	Nele Walker	Row 20 - Cell 2

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Open men (25km)
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Morgan Clark	1:00:46
2	Simon Birch	0:05:21
3	Bill McEvoy	0:06:51
4	Shaun Wright	0:08:45
5	Alex Sharp	0:09:19
6	Michael Salvitti	0:12:45
7	Simon Legge	0:14:31
8	James Taylor	0:16:37
9	Matt Haymes	0:16:39
10	Hugh Kelly	0:20:29
11	Nic Cherry	0:24:46
12	Timothy Jackson	0:25:37
13	Chris Hewitt	0:29:37
14	Dean Crozier	0:30:03
15	Mark Francis	0:30:31
16	Simulai Michie	0:32:58
17	Nathan Caithness	0:34:47
18	Damian Collins	0:46:18
19	Ben Meiers	0:56:35
20	Jackson Southby	1:00:01
21	Ben Jackson	1:07:30
22	Andrew Meiers	3:29:36
DNF	Felix Smalley	Row 22 - Cell 2
DNS	Timmy Tyler	Row 23 - Cell 2
DNS	Simon De Campo	Row 24 - Cell 2

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Open women (25km)
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Joanna Battersby	1:20:03
2	Amanda Lake	0:01:14
3	Jasmine Meiers	2:11:46
4	Nina Meiers	3:10:18

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Sue George is an editor at Cyclingnews. She coordinates all of the site's mountain bike race coverage and assists with the road, 'cross and track coverage.